shockwave therapy?
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shockwave therapy?
I have a 2yo filly in training with a small tear in a tendon behind and below the knee. She has 2 breezes under her belt. I'm considering shockwave therapy. My trainer says after 3 procedures over 42 days she can continue work if ultrasound looks good. Does anyone have experience in this situation? If so, how did it go and what would you suggest, shockwave, time off or both?
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I am not a fan of shockwave, I don't think it hurts but am not convinced it helps. I think either way you are going to have to give her the time off. At best, shockwave may help shorten that amount of time. You might want to look into Acell and Stem cells to see if that might be an option for you. Regardless I believe you are looking at a minimum of six months. Best of luck to you.
Just had the same experience. Small tear in the tendon sheath. The vet says is in a spot that looks more that he hit himself rather than the start of a high or low bow. He recommended time off rather than shock therapy, as he didn't really see the value in it. Still need to rest the horse. He did talk about the stem cell procedure, where the cells are extracted from the rear of the horse and then grown in Canada. Says it costs around $2,500, but on a non starter maiden?? So we paint with DMSO and turned the horse out to race another day.
I had a very good experience with shockwave on a tendon tear. Tendons heal slowly, in large part because of poor blood supply. Shockwave actually encourages new blood vessels to form. Our horse's tear can barely be detected on ultrasound, so the scar tissue that predisposes for another tear, has been greatly reduced. I'm very impressed, and happy with that.
The drawback with shockwave is that the healing is so impressive, that people think they can start the horse back in a shorter time. That sets up a reinjury. 42 days is an unrealistic goal, so do the shockwave, have a better healed horse, but give them a traditional, or near traditional, amount of time to heal.
The drawback with shockwave is that the healing is so impressive, that people think they can start the horse back in a shorter time. That sets up a reinjury. 42 days is an unrealistic goal, so do the shockwave, have a better healed horse, but give them a traditional, or near traditional, amount of time to heal.
Hi Guys,
I have to join in with the others. I am not a great fan of shock way without a big chunk of time off as well. Had a filly with a small tear and
we did shock wave on her. We brought her back slow per vet instructions.
She bowed big time in her first and only race. Hindsight is 20/20! I might do it again but with lots of time off. But also remember people telling me a bow is a bow.
I have to join in with the others. I am not a great fan of shock way without a big chunk of time off as well. Had a filly with a small tear and
we did shock wave on her. We brought her back slow per vet instructions.
She bowed big time in her first and only race. Hindsight is 20/20! I might do it again but with lots of time off. But also remember people telling me a bow is a bow.
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Tiz wrote:I had a very good experience with shockwave on a tendon tear. Tendons heal slowly, in large part because of poor blood supply. Shockwave actually encourages new blood vessels to form. Our horse's tear can barely be detected on ultrasound, so the scar tissue that predisposes for another tear, has been greatly reduced. I'm very impressed, and happy with that.
The drawback with shockwave is that the healing is so impressive, that people think they can start the horse back in a shorter time. That sets up a reinjury. 42 days is an unrealistic goal, so do the shockwave, have a better healed horse, but give them a traditional, or near traditional, amount of time to heal.
txs for the info. nice to know! i raced a horse about a year after a bow for a good long while. He was slow, but he could race.
He does the untrasound and give you a copy of the pictures. He then injects the problem areas with his own formula. I don't know exactly what is in it, but there are several well known trainers that swear by him in the Mid-Atlantic region. Which has worked tremdiously. The few days that I was there, I saw people bringing there horses from New York, West Virginia and New Jersery. He has worked on several TB and well known jumpers.
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